Kenji Goto

The IS group released a video purportedly showing a Jordanian pilot being burned alive in a cage.

Kenji Goto's four-year-old tweet had been retweeted more than 26,000 times in Japanese, with English versions also widely circulated.

Kumpulan IS menyatakan ia sudah memenggal tawana kedua warga Jepun, Kenji Goji, dan menyalahkan kerajaan Jeppun terhadap -penyembelihan- itu

Freelance journalist Kenji Goto was seized in late October in Syria while trying to rescue another hostage, Haruna Yukawa.

The UN Security Council demanded the immediate release of all hostages held by the Islamic State group, as Jordan vowed to do everything it can to save the life of a pilot captured by the militants.

The UN Security Council condemned Sunday the "heinous and cowardly" murder of a Japanese journalist, after Islamic State militants claimed his beheading.

Across Japan, people reacted with horror to Kenji Goto's death, which has brought the distant conflict in the Middle East to the country.

Kumpulan militan IS berkata mereka sudah memenggal tawanan kedua warga Jepun, sekali gus mencetuskan kemarahan Tokyo dan Washington.

After an extensive review, it is highly probable the video is real, government spokesman Yoshihide Suga said in response to a reporter's question about its authenticity.

Here are brief profiles of the two men who were held hostage by the Islamic State group.

The IS group said in a video Saturday it had beheaded a second Japanese hostage, drawing outrage from Tokyo and condemnation from Washington.

Japan' deputy foreign minister has said negotiations with the Islamic State group threatening to execute a Jordanian pilot and a Japanese journalist have become deadlocked, local media reported today.

Kumpulan IS menggunakan tebusan Jepun, Kenji Goto untuk menyampaikan satu ancaman terbaru untuk membunuh juruterbang Jordan, melainkan pihak Amman menyerahkan seorang pejuang jihad wanita.

Islamic State militants say they will execute a Jordanian pilot "immediately" if Amman does not hand over a female suicide bomber by sunset Thursday.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday branded the murder of a Japanese hostage by Islamic State militants as "outrageous and unforgivable" and demanded the immediate release of a second captive.